Bills have been introduced in both houses of the Minnesota legislature to establish guidelines for use of Instant Runoff Voting by cities and other governmental units that may wish to use IRV to elect their own officers. They are SF 1820 and HF 2052.
On March 12, Illinois bills in both houses of the legislature passed out of committee. They would let voters decide in the secrecy of the voting booth which party’s primary ballot to choose. That idea, if passed, would make a profound change in Illinois election procedures. Currently, elections officials make a record of which party’s primary ballot a voter chooses, and that permits the state to impose some restrictions on that voter’s later political activity, such as running for office in another party’s primary. The bills are SB 1666 and HB 825. Thanks to Steve Rankin for the news.
The U.S. Supreme Court held oral argument on March 24 in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission, the case over the intersection between federal campaign laws and a movie that was never shown but which was critical of Hillary Clinton as a potential president. Here is the link to the oral argument.
The U.S. Supreme Court held oral argument on March 24 in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission, the case over the intersection between federal campaign laws and a movie that was never shown but which was critical of Hillary Clinton as a potential president. Here is the link to the oral argument.
On March 21 the Hawaii County Republican Party, meeting in convention, resolved in favor of a semi-closed primary for the state party. The resolution also asks the state party to file a lawsuit to get that type of primary. See this article. Hawaii County is the county composed of Hawaii Island, and should not be confused with the far more populous county consisting of Oahu Island.
